Directed credits
2
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Tony Garnett
Production
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 45
TMDB ID: 21841
IMDb ID: nm0307821
Known for: Production
Born: April 3, 1936
Died: January 12, 2020
Age: 83
Place of birth: Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2019
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q7822416
Frequent jobs
Director (2)Producer (34)Executive Producer (5)Story Editor (3)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Tony Garnett.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tony Garnett.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tony Garnett.
5.6
Earth Girls Are Easy
Producer
1988 Movie
6.4
Follow That Bird
Producer
1985 Movie
5.8
Old Chums
Producer
1982 Movie
7.4
Kes
Screenplay
1970 Movie
7.3
Beautiful Thing
Producer
1996 Movie
6.1
Fat Man and Little Boy
Producer
1989 Movie
5.5
The Sweet Body of Deborah
Producer
1968 Movie
6.0
Hostile Waters
Producer
1997 Movie
5.6
Handgun
Director
1983 Movie
7.0
Black Jack
Producer
1979 Movie
7.0
Cathy Come Home
Producer
1966 Movie
7.8
The Boys
as James Alan "Ginger" Thompson
1962 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tony Garnett.
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
Producer • 1 eps
1965 Series
5.2
Between the Lines
Producer • 35 eps
1992 Series
6.9
Ballykissangel
Producer • 57 eps
1996 Series
4.7
An Age of Kings
4 eps
1960 Series
7.5
This Life
Executive Producer • 32 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Cardiac Arrest
Producer • 27 eps
1994 Series
3.8
The Cops
Executive Producer • 24 eps
1998 Series
8.0
Buried
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2003 Series
6.2
Days of Hope
Producer • 4 eps
1975 Series
Sharman
Executive Producer • 5 eps
1995 Series
6.5
Law & Order
Producer • 4 eps
1978 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tony Garnett.
6.0
Hostile Waters
Producer
1997 Movie
7.3
Beautiful Thing
Producer
1996 Movie
4.0
The Turnaround
Executive Producer
1995 Movie
Born Kicking
Producer
1992 Movie
6.1
Fat Man and Little Boy
Producer
1989 Movie
5.6
Earth Girls Are Easy
Producer
1988 Movie
6.4
Follow That Bird
Producer
1985 Movie
5.8
Afternoon
Producer
1982 Movie
5.8
Probation
Producer
1982 Movie
5.8
Old Chums
Producer
1982 Movie
6.0
The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Producer
1982 Movie
7.0
Black Jack
Producer
1979 Movie
The Spongers
Producer
1978 Movie
5.0
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Producer
1977 Movie
5.0
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Producer
1977 Movie
Blooming Youth
Producer
1973 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tony Garnett.
8.0
Buried
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2003 Series
3.8
The Cops
Executive Producer • 24 eps
1998 Series
7.5
This Life
Executive Producer • 32 eps
1996 Series
6.9
Ballykissangel
Producer • 57 eps
1996 Series
Sharman
Executive Producer • 5 eps
1995 Series
7.0
Cardiac Arrest
Producer • 27 eps
1994 Series
5.2
Between the Lines
Producer • 35 eps
1992 Series
6.5
Law & Order
Producer • 4 eps
1978 Series
6.2
Days of Hope
Producer • 4 eps
1975 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
Producer • 1 eps
1965 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tony Garnett.
7.0
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
as Self
2019 Movie
6.6
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Friend and Producer
2016 Movie
Making Kes
as Self
2010 Movie
Carry On Ken
2006 Movie
Right to Work March
1972 Movie
6.0
The Rivals
as Jimmy Vosler
1963 Movie
7.0
Incident at Midnight
as Brennan
1963 Movie
7.8
The Boys
as James Alan "Ginger" Thompson
1962 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Tony Garnett.